06.1.2015 Future is bright for young scholarship recipients
Maine College Circle presented 79 Valley students in grades three through six with $100 scholarships at three Future of Maine College Aspirations Scholarships ceremonies held Wednesday May 27 and Thursday May 28 at the University of Maine at Fort Kent (UMFK) Fox Auditorium, Madawaska Elementary School, and Dr. Levesque Elementary School.

10.29.2014 Boys & Girls Clubs receive grant
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine, which has a branch in South Portland, recently received a $100,000 donation to its Great Futures Capacity Campaign from Dead River Company.

01.4.2014 Heating oil companies work to keep up with demand
The Dead River Company in Brewer has been receiving around 4,000 calls a week from customers in need of heating oil. To keep up with that demand, it's been sending around 20 trucks out a day, making around 900 deliveries Friday.

09.24.2013 XNG building, expanding CNG hubs
Boston-based Xpress Natural Gas is increasing its footprint in Maine with plans to build a second compressed natural gas distribution hub in Eliot by early next year and increase capacity at its Baileyville operation by 40% this year.

09.9.2013 Dead River open house to benefit food bank
As part of its continuing outreach to help alleviate hunger in the communities it serves, the Dead River Company is hosting a community open house at its Somersworth office to benefit the local food pantry.

05.16.2013 Country Oil to hold benefit Saturday
Country Oil will have food, entertainment, kids’ activities and more at 540 Northfield Road. Attendees are encouraged to bring a nonperishable food donation for the Center for Self Reliance’s food pantry.

04.24.2013 College Aspirations Scholarships to be awarded April 30
On Tuesday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m. at Region 9 on Route 2, Maine College Circle, with support from Dead River Company, will award 17 local student’s Western Maine Foothills Future of Maine College Aspirations Scholarships.

04.7.2013 Society Notebook: Hungry for change
Good Shepherd Food Bank bestows its humanitarian award at a dinner for friends and supporters who help in its mission to ease hunger in Maine.

04.5.2013 Top Chefs Serve Up Dinner At the Food Bank
The dinner was in honor of Dead River Company, which received the food bank’s JoAnnPike Humanitarian Award to recognize the company’s Share the Warmth charitable giving program.

01.30.2013 Dead River to offer natural gas option to central Maine businesses
Dead River Co., the largest retailer of home heating products in northern New England, is teaming up with Xpress Natural Gas to offer compressed natural gas to businesses in central, northern and eastern Maine, the companies announced in a news release.

01.30.2013 Dead River to offer natural gas option to central Maine businesses
Dead River Co., the largest retailer of home heating products in northern New England, is teaming up with Xpress Natural Gas to offer compressed natural gas to businesses in central, northern and eastern Maine, the companies announced in a news release.

01.30.2013 Dead River, XNG target commercial natural gas market
The Boston-based Xpress Natural Gas expects to displace 30 million gallons of heating oil or propane in Maine markets with trucked-in natural gas by the end of 2013, working with Bangor-based Dead River Co.

01.20.2013 RSU 10 students get college scholarships
Dead River Company is pleased to support Maine College Circle. On January 17th, a was ceremony was held to recognize and provide $100 college scholarships to 10 students in RSU 10.

10.11.2012 Dead River Company Now Selling Electric Power & Heat
The Dead River Company...is expanding its portfolio to offer electricity to commercial and residential customers in Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro markets; and it plans to do so at below the "standard offer" rate, according to Dead River.

10.5.2012 Dead River to enter electricity market
The South Portland-based Dead River Co. announced it will begin selling electricity alongside its other energy services in a market that has grown significantly more crowded in recent months.

09.14.2012 Dead River donates for hunger relief
Walk into a Dead River Company office any Wednesday in September, but don't be confused. It's not "casual Friday." It's "Blue Jeans Wednesday."

09.13.2012 Blue Jeans Wednesdays for Hunger Action Month
Through Sept. 26, Dead River Company will support "Hunger Action Month", giving employees an opportunity to donate a dollar to wear blue jeans to work. The money donated by employees will be matched dollar for dollar by Dead River Company.

07.8.2011 Camp Sunshine Fundraiser
NAPA Auto Parts and Dead River Company partner with the goal to raise $25,000 in support of Camp Sunshine

02.22.2011 Dead River Company & United Way Team Up for Fuel Assistance
Dead River Co. and United Way of Greater Portland launched Share the Warmth, a campaign to raise funds for fuel assistance for families and individuals across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Dead River will match every dollar collected up to $100,000.